Gage for hat-sewing machines.



No. 801,665. i PATENTED OCT. l0, 1905.

. W. JASPER.

GAGE FOR HAT SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION fum) ocT.19, 1904.

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W'ILLIAM JASPER, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANDREW WOLF, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

GAGE FOR HAT-SEWING MACHINES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Continuation of application Serial No. 161,205, iiled June 8,1903. This application filed October 19, 1904. Serial No. 229,132.

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Be it known that 1, WILLIAM JASPER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mroved Gage for Hat-Sewing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present application is a continuation of my copending application for sewing-machine attachments, hled June S, 1903, Serial N0. 161,205.

The invention relates to gage devices adapted especially to machines for sewing together the straw braids of which straw hats are formed and also to sewing cords, tapes, and other trimmings on hats of any sort, either straw or felt.

The prime object of the invention is to construct the gage so that it may have a wide variety of uses and may by simple attachments be employed for various work. 1 attain this end by certain novel features of construction and organization of elements which will be fully hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate as an example the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front side elevation of the lower arm or stitch-plate and base of a sewing-machine with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same parts. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation, and Fig. 3a is a detail side elevation of the guide-stud.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 10 indicates the base of the machine, 11 the lower arm or stitch-plate, and 12 the base of the upper arm of the machine. The structure of the machine itself is in no way important to my invention. Securely attached to the front side of the lower arm of the machine is a stud 14, having a head at its upper end and having a parallel side enlargement 14a. (See Figs. 3 and 3u.) Lying snugly against the side of the lower arm, engaging this enlargement 14a and guided thereby, is the sliding body 15 of the gage, which is curved slightly to tit snugly against the lower arm 11 and which is provided at its outer end with a flange 15a, forming a gage-surface, as will be hereinafter fully set forth. The body 15 of the gage is formed with a slot 15b, in which the enlargement 14 is loosely received, so as to mount the slide to move freely longitudinally on the lower arm 11. Fitted on the stud 141, outside of the body 15 of the gage, is a `flattened or otherwise shaped bar 16, one end of which is turned outward to form a lug 16, to which is secured the guide rod or member 17, said rod projecting outward alongside the lower arm of the machine and passing loosely through an opening in the flange 15aL of the body l5 of the gage. The other or rearward end of the bar 16 is turned outward to form a lug 16h, and on this lug is loosely mounted by a pin 1S an adjusting-block 19. The bar 16 is held against idle movement by means of a spring-washer 20, (see Fig. 2 and dotted lines in Fig. 3,) this washer engagingbetween the bar 16 and the head of the stud 1-1 and serving to press the bar snugly against the body 1 5 of the gage. The adj Listing-block 19 is formed with an orifice therein w iieh loosely receives a bar 21. 22 indicates a thumbscrew operating in the guide .member 19 adjustably to hold the bar 21. The gage-body 15 is formed with a guide 15C, through which the bar 21 loosely passes, and 23 indicates a thumb-screw for securing the bar in said guide. The bar 21 projects outward parallel with and above the guide member or rod 17, and it carries at its outer end a vertically-disposed gage-plate 24, the forni of which is best shown in Fig. 3. Said plate extends rearward over the stitch-plate 1 1, as shown, and it carries at its outer side two adjustable gage-fingers 25 and 26, lying one above the other, as shown. The body l5 of' the gage is provided with the usual rack 15d, and 27 indicates the usual pinion and thumbwheel for coacting with the rack. Vith this construction it will be seen that by loosening the thumb-screw 23 and operating the pinion 27 the body 15 of the gage with its flange 15a may be adjusted freely toward aud from the end of the stitch-plate without interfering with the position of the guide member 17 and gage member 21 and their attached parts. 1t will also be observed that by loosening the thumb-screws 22 and 23 the gage-bar 21'and its attachment may be adjusted independently of the other parts. Assuming that the device is used for sewing together the braid ICO forming straw hats and for the purpose of this description, let the braid which is already sewed together be known as the hat and the braid which is being sewed known as the braid The outer edge of the hat is run against the outer side of the gage-plate 24 between the gage-i'ingers 25 and 26 and passed under the presser-foot and needle of the machine in the usual manner. The braid or that part being sewed to the other part of the hat is passed up under the guide member or rod 17 and bar 21 and has its outer edge run against the gage-flange 15a, the inner edge portion of the braid passing under the gage-plate 24 and under the edge of the hat, so that the needle will stitch through both of these parts. It will therefore be observed that the gage may be easily adjusted to suit the width of the braid being sewed by loosening the thumb-screw 23 and operating the pinion 27, thus advancing or retracting the flange 15a. The gage member 24 with its attachments may be freely adjusted toward and from the stitch-plate and toward and from the stitch-line or needle position, so as to regulate the distance of the seam from the edge of the hat.

In Fig. 1 the dotted lines a indicate the position of the hat and the dotted lines b the position of the braid, the hat running, as described, against the outer side of the gageplate 24 between the fingers 25 and 26 and the braid running under the members 17 and 21 and plate 24 and against the flange 15a.

The bar 21 is read` y removable Jfrom the device by loosening the thumb-screws 22 and 23. i

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor detai s of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereoi'. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the terms of my claims.

Having thus described the preferred form of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A gage for hat-sewing machines, comprising a gage-body, means for adjustably mounting it on the machine, a bar connected to said means intermediate the ends of the bar, a guide-rod connected with one end of the bar and having sliding connection with a part of the gage-body, a second bar, means connecting it with the other end of the firstnamed bar, the second bar having sliding engagement with a part of the gage-body, and gage devices carried by the second bar.

2. A gage Jfor hat-sewing machines, comprising a gage-body, means for adjustably mounting it on the machine, a bar connected to said means intermediate the ends of the bar, a guide-rod connected with one end of the bar and having sliding connection with a part of the gage-body, a second bar, means connecting it with the other end of the firstnamed bar, the second bar having sliding engagement with a part of the gage-body, and gage devices carried by the third bar, said gage devices comprising a vertically-disposed plate, and gage-lingers mounted at one side thereof and adjustable toward and from each other.

3. A gage for hat-sewing machines, comprising a gage-body, means for adjustably mounting it on the machine, a bar attached to said means intermediate the ends of the bar, a guide-rod connected to one end of the bar and slidably engaged with a part of the gage body, an adjusting block connected with the other end of said bar, a second bar, means adjustably connecting it to the adjusting-block, said second bar slidably engaging a part of the gage-body, and gage devices carried on the second bar.

4. A gage Jfor hat-sewing machines, comprising a gage-body, a means for adjustably mounting the same, a bar secured intermediate its ends to the said means for mounting the body, a guide-rod connected to one end of the bar and slidably engaged with the4 gage-body, an adjusting-block pivoted to the other end ofthe bar, a second bar, means adj ustably connecting it to the adjusting-block, a guide carried on the gage-body, the second bar having slidable connection with the guide, and a gage device carried by the second bar.

5. A gage for hat-sewing machines, comprising a gage-body, means for adjustably mounting it on the sewing-machine, a guiderod having slidable connection with the gagebody, means connecting the guide-rod with said means for mounting the body, a bar slidably engaged with the gage-body, means connecting it with the said means for mounting he body, and a gage device carried by the 6. A gage for hat-sewing machines, comprising a gage-body, means for adjustably mounting the same on the sewing-machine, a bar attached to said means, an adjustingblock pivotally connected with the bar, a second bar iitting loosely in the adjustingblock, means for securing said bar in said block, a guide on the age-body with which the second bar is slidably engaged, and a gage device carried by the second bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses'.

WILLIAM JASPER.

Witnesses: Y

IsAAo B. OwENs, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

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